stepfun/step-3.7-flash:free is gone from Kilo's gateway catalogue (the paid stepfun/step-3.7-flash remains); 3 anonymous calls returned 404 "The requested model ... does not exist" (11:44-11:47Z) → end date Oct 20
$0 · no account":free" models answered in the Kilo CLI without signing in (our test, Oct 6); other models need a Kilo account; non-":free" models answer 401 without sign-in (PAID_MODEL_AUTH_REQUIRED, seen 2026-10-16)